![]() ![]() For example, don't include big sections of main branches attached to the buds. ![]() Be sure to minimize the amount of stems that are present in your material as well. Leaves that are cut in half will bleed out lots of chlorophyll during extraction. Important note: don't cut leaves in half, only remove leaves at their stems. Cut the stem of the section away from the main branch, don't cut through leaf or flower material. Use scissors to carefully remove each section of the larger flowers, at the base of those sections. Break down larger flowers into smaller chunks, into about the size of quarters. Metabolite loss is increased if the plant is rapidly chopped into small sections before the flowers are removed.ģ. Main branches should remain intact during the initial chopping phase. Remove all branches containing flowers and place them into bins. ![]() Material that isn’t visibly covered in trichomes won’t be useful for extraction.Ģ. Remove fan leaves with your trimming scissors while the plants are still in their pots. Once harvest day finally arrives, follow this basic process:ġ. Check out How To Harvest Cannabis for Peak Trichome Ripeness. We wrote an article to help you harvest at just the right time. Learn more about how to prepare fresh frozen in our article How To Prepare Fresh Frozen Cannabis.ĭetermining your crop’s ideal ripeness is the first step to prepare the best fresh frozen cannabis material. As far as a shelf life, fresh frozen cannabis can remain in this condition for several months and maintain it’s freshness. It’s best not to compress the flowers too tightly with the vacuum effect, as this can damage trichomes.įresh frozen cannabis should remain in the freezer for at least 24 hours prior to ice water extraction. Then it goes into the freezer where it remains until extraction. Cannabis is placed inside the plastic bags and vacuum sealed. Right after harvest the flowers are removed from the main branches and the buds are broken down into medium-sized chunks. To prepare fresh frozen cannabis in the most ideal way, extractors need an industrial freezer capable of reaching sub zero temperatures, a vacuum sealer machine, and plastic bags. Preparing fresh frozen material isn’t as easy as putting fresh flowers into ziplock bags and throwing them into your freezer at home. However, one of the trickiest elements of the process is in the preparation of the fresh frozen immediately after harvest. The overall process of Ice Water Extraction is the same, regardless of whether you’re using dried and cured or fresh frozen cannabis material. How Is Washing Bubble Hash with Fresh Frozen Cannabis Different? The fresh frozen preparation for cannabis also prevents mold growth, and allows extractors to keep product safely at hand and ready for production at a moments notice. Extractors will go to great lengths to preserve terpene content in cannabis. Terpenes not only impact the flavor and taste of cannabis, but they interact with cannabinoids and impact the overall experience of the smoke. Bubble hash and rosin made with fresh frozen cannabis is normally a lot lighter in color than those extracts made with dried and cured cannabis material, as a result of only minimal oxidation on the fresh frozen. Oxidation creates a darker color in trichomes. What Are The Benefits To Using Fresh Frozen Material? Cannabis doesn’t have to be fresh frozen in order to make bubble hash. Trichomes are the components of bubble hash, and the highest quality bubble hash includes almost exclusively trichomes with very little plant material.Īfter trichomes have been knocked free from the plant material, extractors filter the trichomes out of the ice water and cannabis mixture using a series of mesh sieves, known as bubble wash bags.įor a full guide to Ice Water Extraction, check out our article How To Wash Bubble Hash.ĭried cannabis flowers and/or trim leaves can also be used as starting material for Ice Water Extraction. Trichomes are the tiny resin glands on cannabis flowers and trim leaves that contain high concentrations of therapeutic compounds like cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids. This mixing together of ice water and cannabis causes cannabis trichomes to fall away from the material and float freely in an ice water and cannabis slurry. This process is called Ice Water Extraction, which involves mixing cannabis together with ice water using either a hand paddle or a washing machine. Extractors use fresh frozen cannabis as starting material in the production of bubble hash. Fresh frozen cannabis refers to cannabis flowers and trim leaves that are frozen immediately after harvest. ![]()
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